Once the attachment is uploaded it is available for link purposes. Since it is always associated with a certain page you can refer to it by its simple filename. For example, a link to the file "sample.txt" which is attached to this page can be created with:

Once the attachment is uploaded it is available for link purposes. Since it is always associated with a certain page you can refer to it from within that page by its simple filename. For example, a link to the file "sample.txt" which is attached to this page can be created with:

Help on Basic Formatting

This page contains basic information about MoinMin's formatting capabilities. It covers only a small amount of the formatting features but these are possibly covering about 99% of every-day problems. If you need more detailed information start with HelpOnEditing or HelpOnMoinWikiSyntax.

Basics

White space

Note that white space most of the time is ignored. This:

The only exception is white space at the beginning of a line.
This is not another line.

leads to this:

The only exception is white space at the beginning of a line. This is not another line. details how white space at the beginning of a line is processed see Indentation

Line breaks

Insert a line break with the <<BR>>. This:

This goes onto the first line<<BR>>This goes onto the second line.

leads to this:

This goes onto the first line
This goes onto the second line

Indentation

This:

no space
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4

leads to this:

no space

Line 1 Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

Titles

The different levels depend on the number of "=" signs:

= level 1 =
== level 2 ==
=== level 3 ===
==== level 4 ====

Notes:

The first "=" char must be the first character on a line.

To the right of the very last "=" char their must not be any white space.

A word of advice: try to avoid using level 4 headers, and never use headers of level 5 and 6!

APL Code

Links

Page names or CamelCasing or internal links

Names of pages in a wiki more often than not use CamelCasing as in the name of this page: HelpOnBasicFormatting. CamelCase names are automatically converted into links within the realm of the current wiki.

If a page name contains blanks surround them with [[ and ]]. Therefore this:

Links to attachments

Links to images

Before you start linking to an image first upload it as an attachment; click the "Attachments" button and act accordingly.

Once the image is uploaded it is, among other things, available for link purposes. Since it is always associated with a certain page you can refer to it by its simple filename. For example, a link to the file "APL-Logo.png" which is attached to this page can be created with:

For how to display an image within a page (rather than linking to it) see Images.

Images

First upload the image(s) as an attachment; click the "Attachments" button and act accordingly.

Once the image is uploaded and attached to a page it can be used, either in order to display it within the page or for download (= linking, see there). Since it is always associated with a certain page you can refer to it by its simple filename. Since linking to an image is discussed in the #Links to images chapter here we attempt to actually display the image.

{{attachment:APL-Logo.png || width=40}}

which leads to

Note that the height is also changed so that the originally ratio between height and width is preserved.

Alternatively with an optional link text:

{{attachment:APL-Logo.png | The APL logo | width=40}}

That's the result:

Hover the mouse over the image and you will see "The APL logo" text pop up.

Attachments

Before you start linking to an attachment (for download purposes, for example) first upload the attachment; click the "Attachments" button and act accordingly.

Once the attachment is uploaded it is available for link purposes. Since it is always associated with a certain page you can refer to it from within that page by its simple filename. For example, a link to the file "sample.txt" which is attached to this page can be created with: